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Because of the increased efficiency of machines, it is getting harder and harder for a human to make a productive contribution to society.
If our tax system, as a whole, is progressive, then those with the broadest shoulders will make the greatest contribution, as it should be.
From my early school days, I was brought up with the belief that we have a duty to use our talents, to volunteer and to make a contribution.
If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
Australian seafarers make an important contribution to national security in a country with thousands of kilometres of uninhabited coastline.
I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
I like the idea of multidisciplinary conversations, so in that spirit, I try and make a contribution from the art world into the music world.
There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.
The contribution of my dad towards women's wrestling in Haryana is immense and his vision and determination have shaped several young careers.
Rebecca Eaton has made an enormous contribution to the cultural life of America, and, more than that, she is one of the most fun people I know.
I feel I was very fortunate to be in the position to do something positive, to make a contribution to change. It gave me terrific satisfaction.
At one point it occurred to me that the title could make a more significant contribution to the storytelling process. It could act as a prologue.
The Nobel prizes memorialize Alfred Nobel's faith in the contribution that human thought, directed to science and art, can make to human welfare.
A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a sufficient and important contribution I can make.
For someone who made such an enormous contribution to American literature, Mark Twain has been the subject of many books but few major biographies.
Nelson Mandela's contribution to the people of South Africa has been immeasurable and I look forward to helping with his work all over the country.
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been second to none.
When you have children, you almost feel like you've made your contribution to the survival of the human species. It's your way of passing the baton.
The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don't make that contribution, nobody else can make it.
When I make a contribution in debates and in our public life, the House wants to hear what I say. It goes quiet - it wants to know what my opinion is.
I am extremely honoured to be the Defence Secretary, and I would not do the job if I did not think that I could make a useful contribution in the role.
Men who create power make an indispensable contribution to a nation's greatness. But, men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable.
By far, the greatest contribution Ireland can make is to lead by example, by actively pursuing its own transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy.
Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world.
It's not necessarily all about commercial success. It's about inspiring in the world and having what you do seen as art and a contribution to the world.
The motorway network helps bind Britain together. It remains an extraordinary achievement, making a huge contribution to our economy and our way of life.
Since it's a biopic, Harjeet's contribution is almost a hundred percent. We have lived together, we visited his base camp in Bangalore a couple of times.
Owning a token bestows a right that results in product usage, a governance action, a given contribution, voting, or plain access to the product or market.
I first wrote a biography of Thomas Carlyle, and it turned out I loved writing biographies and had a talent for it. I believed I had a contribution to make.
America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.
People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.
The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better.
The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
Women offer unique contributions to making and keeping peace - and that those contributions lead to better outcomes not just for women, but for entire societies.
It seems to me that it's every man's obligation to make what contribution he can. You live each day as best you can. That, to me, is what makes life interesting.
If I can encourage other women to think about setting up their own businesses and being entrepreneurs and making a contribution then I think that's a good thing.
But effective regulation at the European Union level can make a massive contribution to achieving our shared goals of improving competitiveness, jobs and growth.
I have long witnessed the enormous contribution Britain makes around the world, with our impact through multilateral as well as through our bilateral engagement.
We are working as hard as we can; we are preparing ourselves as carefully as we can; we fully intend to make our contribution to the world in the coming century.
Anyone who assumes that this country is standing still is not a good American, or rather, he is an apathetic and dead one and makes no contribution to the society.
I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I was an intellectual and I felt that I could make a contribution to some field, as yet, not invented.
Well, I've obviously been a great source of inspiration to the academic population of Salford! They're citing me as a major contribution to their upward trajectory!
When people come to write about my period of office, I would be very happy if they say that I made a contribution to finding the happy medium again for the Germans.
The contribution of Islam to history and modern civilization is the product of the efforts of peoples of many races and tongues which came to accept its way of life.
We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our national life.
I have nothing but praise for J. K. Rowling. Her contribution - apart from the books themselves, obviously - is showing writers how to interact with the 21st Century.
If you want psychic gratification, one of the greatest ways is to know that you've made a real contribution to saving a species from blinking out during your lifetime.
But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.
Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution.